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Honestly, it's what the traffic *engineering* of the 20th century wished it was. Faster overall for drivers, fewer conflict points with pedestrians, lower traffic...
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Honestly, it's what the traffic *engineering* of the 20th century wished it was. Faster overall for drivers, fewer conflict points with pedestrians, lower traffic...
It gets cars out of Chinatown and it radically simplifies the movements that drivers have to make by simplifying the traffic flow significantly. Even discounting the Chinatown traffic decrease, fewer turns mean fewer conflict points means safer roads.
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It gets cars out of Chinatown and it radically simplifies the movements that drivers have to make by simplifying the traffic flow significantly. Even discounting the Chinatown traffic decrease, fewer turns mean fewer conflict points means safer roads.
to round out their major projects, the county is also still working on the Dublin Blvd connection project. Pretty good bike lanes as a small perk for adding moar lanes just two moar lanes then we've solved traffic:
bsky.app/profile/tsch...
bsky.app/profile/tsch...
they're planning for the last 1.5mi of a new wide road (since 580 doesn't have enough lanes, I guess?) between Dublin and Livermore. It's probably going to be the best on-street bike infrastructure in the Tri Valley, with protected corners - unfortunately, for crossing a 120ft wide road:
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
to round out their major projects, the county is also still working on the Dublin Blvd connection project. Pretty good bike lanes as a small perk for adding moar lanes just two moar lanes then we've solved traffic:
bsky.app/profile/tsch...
bsky.app/profile/tsch...
The other delightful part is that we have *two* stations just named South San Francisco! (Downtown S. San Francisco would be a good way to distinguish the Caltrain station from the BART station.)
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The other delightful part is that we have *two* stations just named South San Francisco! (Downtown S. San Francisco would be a good way to distinguish the Caltrain station from the BART station.)
So I think my takeaway is that someone needs to do an office development in Federal Way named "Seattle Centre" (it's unique! it's -er this time) and then rename the stop after that. Y'all do stop naming deals up in Seattle right?
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So I think my takeaway is that someone needs to do an office development in Federal Way named "Seattle Centre" (it's unique! it's -er this time) and then rename the stop after that. Y'all do stop naming deals up in Seattle right?
Down here in the Bay Area we have:
* Oakland City Center (named for an office development)
* Downtown Berkeley
* Civic Center
* South San Francisco (not in southern San Francisco)
* Contra Costa Centre (named after an office development)
* Pittsburg Center (not in downtown Pittsburg)
* Oakland City Center (named for an office development)
* Downtown Berkeley
* Civic Center
* South San Francisco (not in southern San Francisco)
* Contra Costa Centre (named after an office development)
* Pittsburg Center (not in downtown Pittsburg)
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Down here in the Bay Area we have:
* Oakland City Center (named for an office development)
* Downtown Berkeley
* Civic Center
* South San Francisco (not in southern San Francisco)
* Contra Costa Centre (named after an office development)
* Pittsburg Center (not in downtown Pittsburg)
* Oakland City Center (named for an office development)
* Downtown Berkeley
* Civic Center
* South San Francisco (not in southern San Francisco)
* Contra Costa Centre (named after an office development)
* Pittsburg Center (not in downtown Pittsburg)
too bad no sort of signal can be used with some kind of transit vehicle transponder to give some sort of operational priority. nope, can't be done. we'd have done it already if it could and we haven't so we can't.
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
too bad no sort of signal can be used with some kind of transit vehicle transponder to give some sort of operational priority. nope, can't be done. we'd have done it already if it could and we haven't so we can't.
A friend of mine was at one point fairly regularly flying between SJC and SAN. He did not appreciate my comment that it was only a 75min walk from his place to SJC and that he could do an entirely walk-to-/from-airport trip for some reason.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A friend of mine was at one point fairly regularly flying between SJC and SAN. He did not appreciate my comment that it was only a 75min walk from his place to SJC and that he could do an entirely walk-to-/from-airport trip for some reason.
but I also walked from BUR to bikeshare on Chandler Blvd the last time I flew down to LA so I'm probably not representative of the average flyer.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
but I also walked from BUR to bikeshare on Chandler Blvd the last time I flew down to LA so I'm probably not representative of the average flyer.
or if you're burned on traffic entirely and traveling light, I actually once just hoofed it the 30min to the airport from Aviation/Century.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
or if you're burned on traffic entirely and traveling light, I actually once just hoofed it the 30min to the airport from Aviation/Century.
the readers are almost certainly already the new C2 readers, so your experience today tapping in hopefully(?) won't change.
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
the readers are almost certainly already the new C2 readers, so your experience today tapping in hopefully(?) won't change.
If we had the exact same number of train cars rolling, with trains half the length, we'll have those headways. Wouldn't cost a cent more, if the trains were automated.
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If we had the exact same number of train cars rolling, with trains half the length, we'll have those headways. Wouldn't cost a cent more, if the trains were automated.
in California it feels significantly easier to get capital project funding than operational subsidies – there's probably a good argument to be made for automating BART so that the existing operational resources can go that extra distance
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
in California it feels significantly easier to get capital project funding than operational subsidies – there's probably a good argument to be made for automating BART so that the existing operational resources can go that extra distance
Given the history of the shack villages on the far west side, could make a really cool addition to the Great Highway Park too.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Given the history of the shack villages on the far west side, could make a really cool addition to the Great Highway Park too.
Would love to chat transit to parks! I loved that you had a ranger from San Mateo County Parks on recently to talk Quarry Park :)
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Would love to chat transit to parks! I loved that you had a ranger from San Mateo County Parks on recently to talk Quarry Park :)
a trip to the Map Center during my 6h stay in Boston in a few weeks is dangerously feasible 👀
(Especially since I've been to MBTAgifts already, the other New England must-see)
(Especially since I've been to MBTAgifts already, the other New England must-see)
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
a trip to the Map Center during my 6h stay in Boston in a few weeks is dangerously feasible 👀
(Especially since I've been to MBTAgifts already, the other New England must-see)
(Especially since I've been to MBTAgifts already, the other New England must-see)
(obviously there have been... a few changes in transit services in the last few years, so they'd need to do it again, but at least back in 2021 they saw it as an MTC task!)
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
(obviously there have been... a few changes in transit services in the last few years, so they'd need to do it again, but at least back in 2021 they saw it as an MTC task!)
Didn't MTC literally already do this? opendata.mtc.ca.gov/datasets/tra...
Transit Stops - Major (2021)
This layer represents major transit stops in the San Francisco Bay Region. The feature set is based on General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data downloaded January 2020.
opendata.mtc.ca.gov
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Didn't MTC literally already do this? opendata.mtc.ca.gov/datasets/tra...
A2: I'm an advocate for transit to parks and have even created a whole website for getting outdoors by transit in California!
I've taken the YARTS bus to Yosemite. It's a classic out here, probably the easiest major national park to access by transit around the US – have never taken rail though :(
I've taken the YARTS bus to Yosemite. It's a classic out here, probably the easiest major national park to access by transit around the US – have never taken rail though :(
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A2: I'm an advocate for transit to parks and have even created a whole website for getting outdoors by transit in California!
I've taken the YARTS bus to Yosemite. It's a classic out here, probably the easiest major national park to access by transit around the US – have never taken rail though :(
I've taken the YARTS bus to Yosemite. It's a classic out here, probably the easiest major national park to access by transit around the US – have never taken rail though :(
and multiple emails builds public pressure 😎
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
and multiple emails builds public pressure 😎
I'm also in D3, I'm taking a "more is better" approach :)
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I'm also in D3, I'm taking a "more is better" approach :)
While you're there can you email them to ask them to cut the bars at Civic Center? We have the technology now (C2)
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
While you're there can you email them to ask them to cut the bars at Civic Center? We have the technology now (C2)
The culture of "cuisine" as a cultural export literally originates in France, and it's largely that they were first to it and defined what the signs of quality were.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The culture of "cuisine" as a cultural export literally originates in France, and it's largely that they were first to it and defined what the signs of quality were.
It's been a while since I read it, but this book did cover the topic of why French cuisine in particular became the cultural anchor that it did in so many places:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/histoire-d...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/histoire-d...
Histoire de la cuisine et de la gastronomie françaises|eBook
La grande et la petite histoire de la table française depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'aux années 1980. Ou comment la cuisine est devenue gastronomie en France. Des premiers recueils de recettes...
www.barnesandnoble.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It's been a while since I read it, but this book did cover the topic of why French cuisine in particular became the cultural anchor that it did in so many places:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/histoire-d...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/histoire-d...